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Profile working machine

Assignee: YOTARO HATAMURA
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Filing: 1987-02-27
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Granted: 1988-09-20
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Expires: 2007-02-27
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Abstract

Abstract A profile working machine includes a support portion, a working portion, and a drive and control system. The machine also includes displacement sensors for detecting the present relative displacements between the support portion and working portion, a load sensor for detecting each working reaction force exerted to the working portion, a memory unit for storing values corresponding to a predetermined suitable working reaction force detected by the load sensor, a deviation computing unit for computing the deviation of each working reaction force from the values stored in the memory unit, and a displacement computing unit for computing, based on the deviation determined by the deviation computing unit and the present relative displacement detected by the displacement sensors, corrective relative displacements of the support portion and working portion required to bring the difference to 0, whereby the spatial orientation of the load sensor is maintained constant relative to the direction of the suitable working reaction force.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takaaki Nagao
  • 👤 Yotaro Hatamura
  • 👤 Kozo Ono

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 12:09
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23Q; B23Q17/00; B23Q17/22; B23Q17/2233; B24; B24B; B24B19/00; B24B19/20; B24B49/00; B24B49/16; G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B19/41; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49362; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T409/00; Y10T409/30; Y10T409/304536; Y10T409/304648; Y10T409/304704; Y10T409/306664; Y10T409/306776; Y10T409/306832; Y10T409/306888; Y10T409/307224; Y10T409/30728; Y10T409/30784; Y10T409/307952; Y10T409/308008

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
A profile working machine equipped with a support portion for holding a work thereon, a working portion for machining the work and a drive and control system for controlling any relative displacements between the support portion and working portion and relative spatial orientations therebetween, and adapted to machine the work into a desired profile, comprising: displacement sensors for detecting present relative displacements between the support portion and working portion; a load sensor for detecting a working reaction force exerted on the working portion; a memory unit for storing values corresponding to a predetermined suitable working reaction force having a predetermined direction; a deviation computing unit for computing the deviation of the working reaction force, which has been detected by the load sensor in the course of a working operation, from the values stored in the memory unit; and a displacement computing unit for computing, based on the deviation determined by the deviation computing unit and the present relative displacements detected by the displacement sensors, corrective relative displacements of the support portion and working portion required to bring any difference to 0, whereby the spatial orientation of the load sensor is maintained constant relative to the direction of the suitable working reaction force irrespective of the position of a working point where the work portion machines the work.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
A profile working machine equipped with a support portion for holding a work thereon, a working portion for machining the work and a drive and control system for controlling any relative displacements between the support portion and working portion and relative spatial orientations therebetween, and adapted to machine the work into a desired profile, comprising: displacement sensors for detecting present relative displacements between the support portion and working portion; a load sensor for detecting a working reaction force exerted on the working portion; a memory unit for storing values corresponding to a predetermined suitable working reaction force having a predetermined direction; a deviation computing unit for computing the deviation of the working reaction force, which has been detected by the load sensor in the course of a working operation, from the values stored in the memory unit; and a displacement computing unit for computing, based on the deviation determined by the deviation computing unit and the present relative displacements detected by the displacement sensors, corrective relative displacements of the support portion and working portion required to bring any difference to 0, whereby the spatial orientation of the load sensor is maintained constant relative to the direction of the suitable working reaction force irrespective of the position of a working point where the work portion machines the work.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
A profile working machine according to claim 1, wherein the load sensor defines plural coordinate axes and the values stored in the memory unit are such values that one of the coordinate axes of the load sensor is made parallel with the direction of the suitable working reaction force.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 48 words
A profile working machine according to claim 1, wherein the load sensor defines plural coordinate axes and the values stored in the memory unit are such values that one of the coordinate axes of the load sensor is coincided with the direction of the suitable working reaction force.

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